Agency / Consultant on Business Enabling Environment Assessment
- Career Category: Consultancy
- Location: Phnom Penh
Reporting to: Operations Director
Duration: 90 days
Objectives
Under the MSI 2030 strategy, MSIC will shift towards diversified funding sources. This transition will prioritize achieving financial sustainability over expanding the scale of MSIC’s operations during the initial five years of MSI 2030. Once MSIC becomes financially sustainable, it will expand access by establishing new commercial centers and investing surplus funds in initiatives that serve clients with limited access to MSI’s core services.
In line with this goal, MSIC is seeking an agency or individual consultant to provide an assessment of the business-enabling environment in the context of Cambodia, to identify the rules and norms that govern the social businesses and evaluate the viability of our social-business model within this context, including drafting a sustainability strategy and roadmap.
Scope of Work
The selected agency or consultant will be responsible for:
- General business enabling environment research, including a review of country policy and regulatory documents, a high-level mapping of regulatory actors, and formal practices which either support or constrain private sector activity and could impact sustainability.
- Informal rules collection, seeking to create a picture of the factors which support or constrain the private sector outside of formal regulatory frameworks, by conducting observational research or interviews with relevant stakeholders within the commercial and health sectors.
- Analysis of findings in the form of a Business Enabling Environment Assessment Report, with opportunities and challenges identified and recommended course of action for organizational sustainability of MSIC.
Key Deliverables
The agency or consultant is expected to deliver:
- Inception report
- Business Enabling Environment Assessment Report
- Comprehensive Final Report
Timeline
This assignment needs to be completed before 30th November 2025.
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